Welcome to U.S. History

Thank you for taking the time to visit our U.S. History blog.  We are looking forward to a great school year in all of our classes.  This blog is used to post periodic updates about what our classes are working on.  It is a good place to stay informed about upcoming assignments and important dates.  There will some projects during the year that will be posted on the blog.  These projects are usually completed in class, but the instructions are posted here for students to look at during course of their work.

Now that we've mentioned the purpose of the blog, we'll say a couple things about the purpose of the class:

• At the end of the school year, students will take the End of Course Test (EOCT) in U.S. History.  The primary goal of this class is to make sure that students at Troup High School are well prepared for it.  Passing this test will count in place of a student passing the social studies portion of the Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT).
• Passing that test is a big deal, but we believe that history is even more important than that.  You can simply memorize facts in order to pass many tests in a history class.  We want students to understand history, and this goes beyond memorization.  We will look at the story of the United States.  There are lessons to be learned from our successes, our failures, and everything in between.  By learning those lessons, we all become wiser, and by becomeing wiser - we can make America a better and more just nation.

"History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are. "
— David McCullough